DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 84.3 - - 82.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 159 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2630 - - 3358 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2145 - - 2835 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3519 - - 4247 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1185 - - 885 - - 3362 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 284 - - 342 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 19 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 208 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -8 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -209 - - -803 - - -3142 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3728 - - 5050 - - 4082 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5510 - - -5717 - - -8235 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9029 - - 9964 - - 9174 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 73 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 430 - - 1300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 84.3 - - 82.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.6 - - 65.0 - - 67.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.5 - - 83.5 - - 83.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.1 - - 64.2 - - 66.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 159 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2630 - - 3358 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 15 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99504 33 083 27 106 25 091 99504 91985 29 097 25 093 26 082 91985 86208 25 105 25 082 22 072 86208 81408 24 101 24 080 17 064 81408 77256 19 078 19 083 13 057 77256 73587 17 073 12 077 13 075 73587 70278 15 070 9 076 11 064 70278 67245 12 064 8 080 9 038 67245 64438 13 019 9 021 8 356 64438 61734 15 356 11 353 5 006 61734 58930 19 314 16 303 18 329 58930 56030 24 306 22 304 26 311 56030 53279 42 298 40 294 43 288 53279 50830 51 300 53 303 56 302 50830 48645 64 299 69 304 71 304 48645 46656 69 301 78 302 74 303 46656 44819 77 304 87 301 81 303 44819 43115 79 301 91 300 91 299 43115 41528 72 294 85 294 92 294 41528 40038 69 290 82 293 89 293 40038 38628 69 289 81 296 89 298 38628 37260 69 291 81 298 90 301 37260 35866 70 294 82 299 88 302 35866 34414 69 301 79 299 85 302 34414 32910 63 304 70 298 81 303 32910 31343 51 299 59 293 74 303 31343 29701 46 288 53 287 63 295 29701 27980 40 281 53 283 58 291 27980 26187 40 285 53 278 57 293 26187 24327 41 287 49 278 55 296 24327 22397 40 291 44 291 54 294 22397 20393 42 304 42 303 49 294 20393 18310 35 317 39 308 44 295 18310 16194 25 283 38 314 35 293 16194 14151 20 281 32 315 36 301 14151 12277 22 309 27 303 36 304 12277 10601 25 313 25 292 33 296 10601 9105 22 306 27 295 30 287 9105 7773 18 300 26 290 31 279 7773 6589 15 294 23 275 32 273 6589 5542 13 271 20 256 32 262 5542 4622 13 241 19*222 31 247 4622 3810 13*217 19*211 30 230 3810 3084 14*202 20 209 28 224 3084 2442 14 200 19 208 25 218 2442 1906 14 199 19 207 23 214 1906 1493 14 198 18 207 20 211 1493 1210 13 198 18 206 17 209 1210 1037 12 198 16 206 14*208 1037 939 10 197 13 206 10*207 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography